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Inside Ossoff’s meticulously viral campaign

Some battleground candidates are going viral for shooting from the hip. Jon Ossoff is doing it from a carefully controlled script. Ossoff drew attention Sunday for calling out a...

Appeals court rules Trump admin unlawfully appointed Nevada’s top federal prosecutor

A federal appeals court found the Justice Department unlawfully bypassed Senate confirmation to install Sigal Chattah as Nevada's top prosecutor.

Federal judge blocks Patel’s attempt to move FBI HQ to Reagan building

A federal judge shot down FBI Director Kash Patel's attempt to move his bureau's headquarters down the street to the Ronald Reagan Building, saying he broke laws governing site selection.

Poll showing LA Mayor Karen Bass leading Nithya Raman by a wide margin was fake: company

A poll released earlier this month claiming Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had a wide lead over Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman in the city's mayoral race was bogus, according to the company that released it. Median Strategies on Monday said in its announcement about the mayoral race poll that it has stopped...

Greene: ‘I can’t remember the last time’ I saw someone wear MAGA hat

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday quipped that she "can't remember the last time" she saw someone wear President Trump's trademark MAGA hat. The former lawmaker shared a post on the social platform X showing a billboard that read "Trump Superstore," with an adjacent sign saying that it was "going out of business."...

Trump retreats on D.C. police takeover but gets cooperation on ICE enforcement

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a new set of orders late Friday clarifying President Trump's attempt to take over the police department in Washington, leaving Chief Pamela Smith in charge but directing the city's officers to comply with federal immigration enforcement.

Appeals court upholds Pelosi’s vote-by-proxy rules for U.S. House

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was on solid legal footing when she allowed lawmakers to cast colleagues' votes on the chamber floor during the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump’s DHS touts massive number of illegal immigrants deported as Dems lash out at ICE

The Department of Homeland Security offers $1,000 and free travel for voluntary departures as illegal immigrant population drops by 1.6 million in seven months.

Trump closes out 30th week in office with ‘very warm’ high-stakes Putin meeting

President Donald Trump kicked off the week with a crackdown on crime in Washington, and closed it with a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Top House Dem sides with Mamdani critics on key controversy surrounding his campaign: ‘Legitimate issue’

Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries legitimized one of the key controversies surrounding NYC socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani, sparking pushback from the left.

State Department stops issuing all visitor visas for individuals from Gaza

The State Department announced on Saturday that it decided to halt all visitor visas for Gazan individuals while conducting thorough review of medical-humanitarian visa issuing process.

Trump: We’re going straight to Russia-Ukraine peace deal, ‘not a mere ceasefire’

Trump on Saturday said that he would like to see Russia and Ukraine reach a peace deal, not just a ceasefire.

Protesters confront officers patrolling DC streets after Trump policing takeover

Trump's federal takeover of D.C. police sparks political controversy as Democrats call it overreach while White House defends crime reduction efforts.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—August 16

1996—One reason that the Ninth Circuit is so dysfunctional is that it fails to make responsible use of its en banc procedures to override...

Why Is Trump Imposing Tariffs on Israel?

Continuing tariffs on Israeli goods exemplifies the overreach of Trump’s policy.

Fixing Elite Universities Means Firing Bad Trustees, Starting with Harvard’s

Plus, federal arts agencies may be at death’s door, but they’re still making grants.

The States Can Help End Politicized Debanking

If more states take up the cause of eliminating the politicization of access to our economy, the resulting state laws may spur Washington, D.C.,...

Illegal immigrants could dominate DC arrests under federalized police force, says expert

High percentage of illegal immigrants among Washington D.C. arrests as Trump administration federal intervention targets criminal aliens in the capital.

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